into the bosom

Chapter 368

"This...how come there are no footprints here?" Harmon also followed his head to look. There is mud under the window. If you jump from here, no matter how light you are, you should leave some traces, but the mud The ground is very flat.

Harmon was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, and shouted angrily, "Oops! We were fooled. Where was that man hiding just now? Come, search!"

Ashina Zuomu raised his hand to stop him.

"General?" Harmon's eyes almost burst into flames, both annoyed and puzzled.

"It's too late to search at this time." Ashina Zuomu looked at a set of women's dresses stuffed under a cabinet by the back window with heavy eyes, suddenly laughed, and said softly, "Interesting." !"

If he guessed right, there should be a comatose person who was stripped of his guard's uniform in that cabinet, or...a corpse?
"Let's go!" Ashina Zuomu's eyes lit up with some inexplicable light, "Let's go and meet this mouse spirit who played the general around!"

Not far from Yuhua Terrace, a guard was walking quickly. While walking, he was still looking around cautiously, but the clothes did not fit him very well. It was too big for him. Many times, the pocket on his head tilted countless times following his steps, but he only had time to reach out to support it before continuing to walk.

Suddenly, there was a whistle from the slanting stab, and he was taken aback, when he heard a somewhat familiar voice, with a strange tone of official Wei, "Princess Yingyue?"

Yes, this person is not a guard, but Xu Jiao who has changed his costume.He used a trick to hide the sky and cross the sea, and escaped from Yuhuatai grandly under the nose of Ashina Zuomu, but at present, the crisis has not been resolved.

Hearing the call, Xu Jiao turned her head suddenly, and saw Mo Chuhan hiding in a corner, waving at her.

She was stunned for a moment, but Mo Chuohan waved at her vigorously, with an anxious expression on his face, "Come here quickly!"

Xu Jiao hesitated for a moment, then walked over.

Mo Chuohan whispered to her, "I'm afraid Ashina Zuomu is going to get you right away, and now Boya will try to delay it for a while, so hurry up and follow me, I'll take you to take a shortcut."

A large number of imperial guards suddenly rushed in, and surrounded the third and outer third floors of the palace where Tuoya lived. However, in addition to the royal court guards, there are also Su Nong's own trilogy. Come to the theory, "What are you going to do?"

A few days ago, I inexplicably took the maidservant who served the princess close by, saying that she was suspected of being a spy, and guarded the princess's residence for several days, but today it was even more excessive, and brought so many people directly. This is really deceiving, when they are vegetarians?
"Just now, an assassin broke into Yuhua Terrace and nearly injured Khan. The imperial guards tracked him all the way, seeing the assassin hid here. The general ordered him to search carefully. There must be no mistakes. Those who block, kill without mercy!" The leader of the imperial guard was Qianhu Nayan, but he didn't show any mercy at all. He opened his mouth and said in a cold voice, then turned his head to look at the ashen-faced Su Nongbu, who was obviously daring to speak, and said, "Assassin Breaking in here, if disturbing the Princess, who can afford it?"

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the guards behind him rushed in.

At this moment, a servant girl rushed forward in panic, and said in a surprised voice, "Go... it's flooded! The princess' bedroom is flooded, the door is bolted, and the princess is still inside."

This sentence sounded like thunder, and everyone raised their heads to look in the direction of the main hall. Sure enough, they saw thick smoke billowing, which showed that the fire was not small.

The leader of the trilogy of the Sunong Department grabbed Naqianhu Nayan, the imperial guard, and said in a loud voice, "Aren't you mobilizing people to save the princess?"

"Catching the assassin is as important as saving the princess... You people should be enough, right?" Before Qianhu Nayan could speak, a cold voice suddenly came from behind, everyone turned their heads and saw striding towards them Ashina Zuomu, with his sharp eyes, just glanced at the thick smoke not far away, then turned his head to look at the ashen-faced Su Nong Buren and said, "The safety of the princess is important, you are still delaying, If something happens to the princess, can you bear it?"

It was an understatement, but it contained a thousand weights. The face of the man was shocked by the impact, and he couldn't care about anything else. He gritted his teeth and said to his own people, "Quick! Save the princess!"

"General!" At this moment, there was another call from behind, and Mo Chuohan rushed forward and said with a livid face, "The princess is in danger, what are your people still doing here? Why don't you hurry up?" Firefighting?"

Ashina Zuomu glanced at the fury on Mo Shuihan's face, and said in a flat tone, "The assassin who assassinated Khan escaped here. The fire is strange. It's hard to guarantee that the assassin did not deliberately set it on fire, but just wanted to kill him." Lead us away. There are already people from the Sunong Department to rescue the princess, but it is equally important to hunt down the assassin. If the assassin escapes, I can't afford it." After Ashina Zuomu said, he raised his hand gently With a wave, those imperial guards heard the order and moved, scattered in all directions, not to fight the fire, but to search.

Mo Chuohan's face sank like water, he gritted his teeth and stared at Ashina Zuomu fiercely, his eyes almost shot cold knives, "Ashina Zuomu, you are really arrogant, today's matter, Ben Teqin Remember, you'd better pray that Gu Ya is safe and sound, otherwise, Ben Teqin will definitely make you pay back a hundredfold!" After saying the harsh words, Mo Chuohan gave Ashina Zuomu a hard look, and then led the people to hurry. Go in the direction of the main hall.

Ashina Zuomu glanced at his back, his brows furrowed slightly, his eyes quickly retracted, and he said to Harmon, "Let's go! Follow me to find the assassin out."

The imperial guards scattered in all directions, seemingly searching, but actually guarded the entire palace tightly, and no one could escape their eyes when entering or leaving.

Ashina Zuomu took Harmon to a small courtyard by himself.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I heard a soft voice shouting urgently, "Hurry up! Hurry up! Move out those sketches and painting utensils and find a safe place to put them away. These are all mine. Baby, it will be a big deal if the fire comes over in a while. Hurry up!"

Ashina Zuomu's footsteps stopped at the gate of the yard. Harmon carefully glanced at his general's face that was suddenly livid, but then turned complicated. better.

Ashina Zuomu stood where he was for a moment, and then stepped into the courtyard gate.

Looking up, one can see that the woman from the Central Plains was wearing only an inner garment and a casual outer garment, with disheveled hair, instructing her two maidservants to "rescue" her "babies" from the house one by one. "Come out and pile them up far away from the house.

Xu was worried about the fire, so she raised her head and looked in the direction of the main hall, but she didn't want to inadvertently glance to the side, and saw Ashina Zuomu and Harmon standing at the entrance without saying a word.

She was taken aback for a moment, and then she became happy. A bright smile suddenly bloomed on her shiny face, making her eyes brighten up instantly. That smile was so dazzling that Ashina Zuomu found it dazzling. He seemed to narrow his eyes slightly.

"Admiral General!" Xu Jiao called out, and then walked forward quickly, "I was really frightened when I heard that the main hall was flooded. It will be all right to see the general appear, and I can finally feel relieved."

Xu Jiao's small face was full of sincere joy, and those clear and clear eyes seemed to be so bright that they could shine like stars. Being looked at by such a pair of eyes, Ashina Zuomu was stunned for a moment. A trance gave birth to an illusion that she was looking forward to her arrival.

Ashina Zuomu coughed, his eyes moved down, and fell on Xu Jiao's bare feet.She actually stepped on the ground with bare feet, which shows that she was in a hurry, was she frightened by the incident of running into the water?Of course, it is also possible that she only had time to take off her shoes, and her outfit is also... Taking off her clothes and loosening her hair, after all, is faster than changing into another dress.

She asked people to move things out, the room must be in a mess, I don't know if it happened to be able to find a bodyguard's clothes?
"General?" Just as Ashina Zuomu's thoughts drifted into the room, a timid call suddenly came from his ear. He suddenly woke up, and what he saw was Xu Jiao's pair of dusty, The feet that were still extraordinarily white and slender moved uncomfortably under his gaze. When he raised his eyes again, Xu Jiao opened his eyes and looked at him with shame and annoyance. , her maid has already hurriedly found her shoes, urging her repeatedly, "Lady, put them on quickly!"

Xu Jiao's cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and she quickly slipped her feet into the shoes.

Ashina Zuomu looked at those white and slender feet with shoes on, and vaguely recalled that people said that the rules in the Central Plains were particularly strict for women, and that these feet belonged to women's private parts and should not be shown to others easily.If it is seen, the person who saw it is going to marry that woman.

Ashina Zuomu looked at her embarrassingly red face, and thought, if she was just trying to cover up the past, it would be a waste of money. However, she is a widow, so she is naturally as good as a woman who has no choice but to leave the cabinet. Be particular about it?What's more... this is still Beijie, not the Central Plains.

"Ms. Xu..." Ashina Zuomu's eyes were full of wind and clouds, and his tone called out, his eyes were sharply fixed on Xu Jiao's face, "Where did you go?"

Xu Jiao looked confused, "Me? I was rushing to paint a few days ago, and I didn't have a good rest. I had an errand today, and I felt sleepy as soon as I relaxed, so I came back quietly and fell asleep. Then I hurriedly got up..." At this point, Xu Jiao paused for a moment, and looked at Ashina Zuomu suspiciously, "The general asked me what I was doing? But I left the table quietly, which made Ke Dun unhappy? I really I don't mean any disrespect, please tell the general in front of Ke Dun for me..."

Her panic was very real, and Ashina Zuomu looked at her with deeper eyes than ordinary people like Shengdou, who was afraid of offending the dignitaries.

His silence made her flustered even more, "The general didn't speak, is it... the matter is more serious than making Ke Dun unhappy? The general came here at this time... Didn't he come to put out the fire? Could it be that the general suspected that I was Careful work?"

Before the words were finished, a icy knife light stabbed towards him, Xu Jiao's pupils suddenly widened, and the hand hanging by his side was suddenly grasped in one place, tightly pinching the palm, as if froze with fear Wrapping his body, he couldn't even move, and watched helplessly as the knife stabbed in front of his eyes.

But the point of the knife stopped an inch away from Xu Jiao's face, and the sharp point pointed directly at Xu Jiao's eyes, causing her eyes to hurt inexplicably.

"Admiral General..." Xu Jiao took a deep breath and called out cautiously, crying sound penetrated into her timid voice, her eyes soon filled with tears, but she bit her lower lip, wanting to cry but not wanting to cry. Dare to cry, that appearance is really... pitiful and cute.

Ashina Zuomu didn't show any emotion on his face, his hand holding the boot knife was still steady, and he looked at Xu Jiao with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "It's not a spy, but an assassin. An assassin sneaked into Yuhuatai just now and almost stabbed Xu Jiao." Khan was hurt, and Ms. Xu was not at the banquet, so it is very suspicious. So... Ms. Xu, are you?"

"What?" Xu Jiao's little face was already pale, holding back crying, the tip of his nose was flushed red, and his whole body was stupefied with fright. Hearing his question, he turned up his dazed little face and asked in a daze. road.

Ashina Zuomu looked at her face and whispered two words, "Assassin."

The expression on Xu Jiao's face changed at a speed visible to the naked eye. She waved her hands in a panic and said repeatedly, "Assassin? How is this possible? General...don't be joking."

Ashina Zuomu's eyes were deep, and his eyes were glued to her face, trying to see the clues from her expression, but... the panic, bewilderment, surprise, and anxiety on that face... were all real and just right, There is no trace of falsification.

Ashina Zuomu frowned slightly, and a hint of suspicion flashed through his eyes very quickly. This kind of reality...is it really just a play?Or did he really suspect wrong?
"General!" At this moment, a guard hurried over and whispered a few words in Ashina Zuomu's ear.

Ashina Zuomu looked at Xu Jiao's complexion, and his expression became more complicated. In the next moment, he suddenly withdrew the boot knife and inserted it into the boot with his backhand.After taking a deep look at Xu Jiao, he turned around without saying a word, and walked away.

The other imperial guards also followed him, huffing and walking away.

Xu Jiao watched their backs until he was sure that they were far away, then he let out a long breath, but felt that his chest was stuffy and aching.

This Ashina Zuomu is worthy of being a person as famous as Mo Chuohe, if she confronts such a person a few more times, she is afraid that her life will be shortened.

"Miss?" Negative Xue's face was also not good-looking, and she shouted tremblingly, she was really scared to death just now, especially when she saw Ashina Zuomu stabbing at the mistress with his sword, she almost couldn't help but strike Well, if I hadn't remembered what the lady told me before, I could have controlled myself so tightly, thinking about it now, I would still be terrified.

Xu Jiao gestured to them, and said softly, "Let's go in and talk."

The masters and servants turned around and entered the room, closed the door, and Xue Xue couldn't bear it any longer, and hurriedly asked, "Lady, what's going on?"

(End of this chapter)